I have known of this kind of elective intubation while still inutero- and
attached to the placenta- only in a case where there was a known throat
abnormality. The paeds wanted to have an airway before the connection to the
placenta was lost... can't remember what the abnormality was, maybe a
One of the women on my forum had a crisis and was going to
have a caesar, but with a bit of encouragement from the others on the site and
with the Obs back-up she decided against it and was ecstatic, but then
said
WOW
you girls totally rock when a girls in need! I actually have to be
Hi
Kelly,
Not
knowing all the details, it is a bit dangerous to comment. If the woman has had
a pulmonary embolism, which is a clot which has probably travelled from a large
vein in her leg, the blood thinning agent would be to prevent further clots from
forming. She may have a clotting
Hi Jo, I'm pretty sure she got the photo's from a cosmetic surgery site!! They
were examples only, to give us a kind of idea of something to be aware of. I
had never heard of this previously, and would also be interested to learn more.
I could see what I can come up with, and post it on the list
Hi Kelly,In my (limited!) experience with this sort of thing, women are usually on Clexane which is an anticoagulant ie 'thins the blood'. If the woman went into labour naturally while still on Clexane, obviously her risk of haemorrage would be increased. But to stop the clexane days before
I was on clexane this pregnancy (for a different condition) I interviewed two
OBs and one wanted to follow exactly this protocol, the other recommended my
case was mild enough to cease clexane at 34w and wait for natural labour. My
understanding from speaking to other women who have to take
Hi guys,
What Michelle said is what generally
happens at our hospital aswell!
Cheers Ganesha
From: owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au [mailto:owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au] On Behalf Of Michelle Windsor
Sent: Saturday, 15 July 2006 9:58
AM
To:
Hi Astra,
What others have said is correct. Marked asymmetry of breasts; lack of
breast tissue, together with a wide space between the breasts; as well as
the tubular breasts with swollen-looking areolars are all red flags when
it comes to being able to produce enough milk. However, as each
